Door-hanger.



I. JOHNSON.

DOOR HANGER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 28, 1910.

1,046,071 v Patented Dec. 3, 1912.

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ATTLE, WASHINGTON.

DOOR-HANGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 3,1912.

Application filed September 28, 1910. Serial No. 584,230.

To all whomtt may concern:

Be it known that I, Ivan Jonxsox, a citizen of the United States,residing at Seattle, in the county of King and State of ashington, haveinvented certain new and useful improvements in Door-Hangers, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to door hangers and is especially adapted to thatclass of doors which are opened or closed by a combination of slidingand folding movements.

The object of the invention is to provide a hanger of this type which ischaracterized by its simplicity, durability, efiiciency in operation andin the facility by'which it may be adjusted.

Vith these ends in view, my invention consists in the novel constructionand comhination of parts, as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view partly in sideelevation and partly in longitudinal section of devices embodying myinvention. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 isa perspective view of a portion of the supporting track for the hanger.

The reference numeral 5 indicatesa trackrail of an inverted U-shape incross section, and which, for convenience in shipping, is constructed ofa number of lengths. The recesses in the underside of said rail partsare each tilled with a bar 6 of wood, preferably, of approximately thelength of the respective rail part but secured to the latter so as toafford a cavity 7 (Fig. 3) at one end and protrude as a tongue 8 fromthe other end of a rail part.

In assembling the rail, the tongue of one part is inserted into thecavity at the adj acent end of the abutting part, making a substantiallycontinuous rail. At a short distance from the tongue end of each railpart it is secured to a support, such as the building wall 9, or to theframe-work of the doorway, by a screw 10 which unites the rail part withthe inclosed bar and engages in the support, as most clearly shown inFig. 2. Said screws each pass through a hole in an offset portion 11 ofa bracket which is interposed between the respective rail part and saidsupport. A bracket is provided with feet 12 having holes through whichsupplemental screws 13 are inserted into the support to afiord a morerigid securement of the bracket.

Mounted upon the track rail are the grooved wheels 14 of the variousdoor hanger Each of these door-hangers comprising a hanger-member 15formed with a horithe wheel and extending laterally from the upper endof a vertical shank 17. At the lower end of said shank is a bend andfrom thence the member continues by a horizontal portion 18 to terminatein a downwardly directed stem 19 whose axis is arranged to be inalinement with a vertical plane extending through the axis of the hangerwheel posed track. The shank of the hanger-memher is of a length so thatthe horizontal element 18 thereof will be positioned in proximity to theunderside of the track for the purpose of acting as a stop to preventthe derailment of the associated wheel. The hanger-stem 19 isscrew-threaded and passes through a hole 20 in a plate 21 to receive anut 22 therebelow. Said plate serves as a strap and to connect thehanger-member with the door, as A, Figs. 1 and 2, and, as illustrated,is formed with a substantially horizontal central part 23 extendingbetween legs 24 which are provided with feet 25 through which screws 26extend for fastening the'plate to the door. The part 23 is made with aconcave under surface 27 to afford a recess into which the nut 22 islodged and prevents the nut turning with respect to the door when theweight of the latter is applied. The distance between the under sides ofthe strap edges 28 and the top of the door affords suflicient space tointroduce the nut when the hanger is being assembled. 29 represents ahole bored into the top of a door to accommodate the end of the stem 19when required in the adjustment of the height of the door. The verticaladjustment of the door is accomplished by raising the door to presentthe nut 22 in the space below the strap edges 28 whereupon the nut maybe properly manipulated.

The operation of the invention will be understood from the foregoingdescription.

Among the advantages afforded by the invention, is the suspending of adoor in a line central with respect to the latter so that the the mannerof securing the nut against turnmg with relation to the door and wlthoutzontal arm 16 which serves as the axle of and also the longitudinal axisof the super-- door will hang freely in an upright position;

sacrificing access to the nut for adjust-ment purposes; and the guardpresented by the hanger part 18 which is prevented from being raised bythe track rail above and accordingly preventing the Wheel from leavingits track.

What I claim as my invention, is

In a door hanger, a track, a wheel mounted upon the track, an integralbent hanger member comprising a vertically-disposed intermediateportion, an upper portion extending at right angles With respect to theintermediate portion and further extending through the Wheel andconstituting the axle therefor, an inverted L-shaped lower portion, thevertical arm of said lower portion having its axis in alinement with theaxes of the track and wheel, said vertical arm threaded, a strap adaptedto be connected to V a door and having its central portion extendedupwardly with respect to the end portions thereof, said central portionprovided with an opening through which extends the vertical arm of saidhanger memher, and a nut mounted upon the threaded end of the verticalarm of the lower portion of the hanger member for adjustably connectingsaid hanger member to the strap whereby the door will be suspended fromthe said hanger member, said strap having side openings adapted for thepassage of said nut and the strap edges adapted to restrain the said nutfrom turning.

IVER JOHNSON.

Witnesses H. BARNES, E. PETERSON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, -Washington, D. 0.

